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Our weekly Hot Politics Lab meetings are back after the summer break! We compiled an exciting program for the semester, and as usually you can join the meetings via Zoom every Friday at 3pm (CET): https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/96492065253 or meet us at the Common Room of the political science department at the University of Amsterdam (REC B9.22).

Next meetings:

• 16.9. Han van der Maas (University of Amsterdam)
• 30.9. Isabella Rebasso (University of Amsterdam) and Sun Young Park (Harvard University)
• 7.10. Dominique Wirz (Université de Fribourg)
• 14.10. Tereza Capelos (University of Birmingham)
• 4.11.  Flavio Azevedo (University of Cambridge)
• 11.11. Jochen Tolsma (Radboud University)
• 18.11. Frank Gonzalez (University of Arizona)
• 25.11.  Christian Pipal (University of Amsterdam) and Maaike Homan (University of Amsterdam)
• 2.12. Christin Scholz (University of Arizona)
• 27.1. Bernd Schlipphak (University of Münster)

Over the past month, lab member Maaike Homan’s research on the emotional expression of politicians has been covered in various Dutch media outlets. You can have a look at those articles and radio shows below:

• Blog stukroodvlees: Winning Looks: De rol van uiterlijk in de politiek – StukRoodVlees
• Blog stukroodvlees: Rechtse lijsttrekkers hebben meer masculiene gezichten – StukRoodVlees
• Interview UvA FMG: Hoe beïnvloeden de emoties van politici ons als kiezer? – Universiteit van Amsterdam (uva.nl)
• Dutch radio: “Rechtse lijsttrekkers hebben meer masculiene gezichten” – Stax&Toine – NPO Radio 1

Lab director Bert Bakker was interviewed by the Dutch newspaper the Financiële  Dagblad about his project on the trade-offs of democratic principles during the corona pandemic.

The preprint – co-authored with Vin Arceneaux (Temple University), Sara Hobolt (LSE) and Catherine de Vries (Bocconi University) can be found here:  https://psyarxiv.com/8e4pa/ and the online version of the interview can be found here:  https://fd.nl/economie-politiek/1370396/uitstel-van-verkiezingen-is-echte-test-voor-democratische-principes .  

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